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US 5,913,766 AGranted
Apparatus and method for crushing a honey comb panel
AssigneeTenneco Packaging
InventorsRobert R. Reed, Paul G. Hegger, Paul Moser, Jeffrey L. Karr
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for crushing panels including a conveyor for moving the panel with respect to a compression assembly including a plurality of crushing elements which may be positioned at different heights with respect to the conveyor for incrementally crushing at least a portion of the panel.
Claims48
A method of crushing at least a portion of a honeycomb panel comprising the steps of:
- a) slitting a portion of the honeycomb panel;
- b) providing a crushing element for compressively deforming said portion of the honeycomb panel to a predetermined depth;
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- c) conveying the panel past the crushing element such that the crushing element compresses said portion of the panel.
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A method of crushing at least a portion of a honeycomb panel comprising the steps of:
- a) cutting a slit in the panel adjacent each side of the portion of the panel which is deformed;
- b) providing a crushing element for compressively deforming said portion of the honeycomb panel to a predetermined depth;
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- c) conveying the panel past the crushing element such that the crushing element compresses said portion of the panel.
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A method of crushing at least a portion of a honeycomb panel comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a generally elliptically shaped crushing element for compressively deforming at least a portion of the honeycomb panel to predetermined depth to form a generally concavely shaped recess in the panel;
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- b) conveying the panel past the crushing element such that the crushing element compresses the portion of the panel.
An apparatus for at least partially crushing a honeycomb panel comprising:
- a) a generally elliptical compression roller for compressively crushing at least a portion of the panel;
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- b) a conveyor for moving the panel and the compression roller with respect to each other such that the compression roller compresses the portion of the panel as the panel and the compression roller are moved with respect to each other.
An apparatus for crushing at least a portion of a honeycomb panel including a honeycomb core, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a support frame;
- b) a conveyor on the support frame for conveying the panel;
- c) a roller frame above the conveyor and the panel, the roller frame being mounted for vertical and angular displacement about the support frame;
- d) a plurality of parallel generally elliptically shaped crushing elements mounted on the roller frame and extending thereon in the direction in which the panel is conveyed on the conveyor, each of the crushing elements compressively crushing at least a portion of the panel to form a generally concave shaped recess in the panel by compressively deforming said honeycomb core to a predetermined depth as the panel is conveyed past each of the crushing elements;
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- e) a roller height adjuster secured to the support frame and operatively associated with the roller frame for varying the vertical and angular displacement of the roller frame with respect to the conveyor and the support frame and positioning the crushing elements at different heights with respect to the conveyor such that the crushing elements incrementally crush the portion of the panel.
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An apparatus for making a honeycomb panel including a recess comprising:
- a) a support frame;
- b) a conveyor including a plurality of conveyor rollers for conveying a honeycomb panel having a honeycomb core and a face sheet secured thereto;
- c) a roller frame in the support frame mounted for vertical and angular displacement within the support frame;
- d) a plurality of parallel and elongate compression roller shafts mounted to the roller frame spaced thereon in the direction in which the honeycomb panel is conveyed;
- e) a plurality of aligned compression rollers mounted on the compression roller shafts respectively for compressively deforming a portion of the face sheet and the core of the honeycomb panel as the honeycomb panel is conveyed by the conveyor past the compression rollers and forming the recess therein, said compression rollers having a generally ellipically shaped body to form the recess with a generally concave shaped recess;
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- f) first and second roller height adjusters secured to the top of the support frame and operatively associated with the roller frame for varying the vertical and angular displacement of the ends of the roller frame with respect to the conveyor and the support frame respectively and positioning the compression rollers at different heights with respect to the conveyor such that when the honeycomb panel is conveyed past the compression rollers, the compression rollers incrementally compress the honeycomb panel.
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An apparatus for making a honeycomb panel including a recess comprising:
- a) a support frame;
- b) a conveyor including a plurality of conveyor rollers for conveying a honeycomb panel having a honeycomb core and a face sheet secured thereto;
- c) a roller frame in the support frame mounted for vertical and angular displacement within the support frame;
- d) a plurality of parallel and elongate compression roller shafts mounted to the roller frame spaced thereon in the direction in which the honeycomb panel is conveyed;
- e) a plurality of aligned cylindrical compression rollers mounted on the compression roller shafts respectively for compressively deforming a portion of the face sheet and the core of the honeycomb panel as the honeycomb panel is conveyed by the conveyor past the compression rollers and forming the recess therein, one of the compression roller shafts including circular knifes mounted thereon adjacent the opposite ends of each of the compression rollers for cutting slits in the panel;
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- f) first and second roller height adjusters secured to the top of the support frame and operatively associated with the roller frame for varying the vertical and angular displacement of the ends of the roller frame with respect to the conveyor and the support frame respectively and positioning the compression rollers at different heights with respect to the conveyor such that when the honeycomb panel is conveyed past the compression rollers, the compression rollers incrementally compress the honeycomb panel.
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An apparatus for making a honeycomb panel including a recess comprising:
- a) a support frame;
- b) a conveyor including a plurality of conveyor rollers for conveying a honeycomb panel having a honeycomb core and a face sheet secured thereto;
- c) a roller frame in the support frame mounted for vertical and angular displacement within the support frame;
- d) a plurality of parallel and elongate compression roller shafts mounted to the roller frame spaced thereon in the direction in which the honeycomb panel is conveyed;
- e) a plurality of aligned compression rollers mounted on the compression roller shafts respectively for compressively deforming a portion of the face sheet and the core of the honeycomb panel as the honeycomb panel is conveyed by the conveyor past the compression rollers and forming the recess therein, one of the compression rollers includes a knife edge around the outer surface thereof for simultaneously cutting a slit in the face sheet and compressing the panel;
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- f) first and second roller height adjusters secured to the top of the support frame and operatively associated with the roller frame for varying the vertical and angular displacement of the ends of the roller frame with respect to the conveyor and the support frame respectively and positioning the compression rollers at different heights with respect to the conveyor such that when the honeycomb panel is conveyed past the compression rollers, the compression rollers incrementally compress the honeycomb panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.